Dairy Produce Levy (No. 1) Amendment Act 1997
No. 77, 1997
An Act to amend the Dairy Produce Levy (No. 1) Act 1986
[Assented to 18 June 1997]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Dairy Produce Levy (No. 1) Amendment Act 1997.
2 Commencement
(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(2) If this Act receives the Royal Assent on or after 1 July 1997, item 2 of Schedule 1 does not commence.
(3) If this Act receives the Royal Assent before 1 July 1997, item 3 of Schedule 1 does not commence.
3 Schedule(s)
Subject to section 2, each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendment of the Dairy Produce Levy (No. 1) Act 1986
1 Subsection 4(1)
Insert:
Federation means the company known as the Australian Dairy Farmers’ Federation Limited that is incorporated under the Corporations Law.
2 At the end of subsection 5(1)
Add:
; (g) a levy to be known as the Australian Animal Health Council levy is imposed on relevant dairy produce produced on or after 1 July 1997 and on which a levy is imposed under paragraph (1)(a) or (b).
Note: If this Act receives the Royal Assent on or after 1 July 1997, this item does not come into operation: see subsection 2(2).
3 At the end of subsection 5(1)
Add:
; (g) a levy to be known as the Australian Animal Health Council levy is imposed on relevant dairy produce produced on or after 1 July 1998 and on which a levy is imposed under paragraph (1)(a) or (b).
Note: If this Act receives the Royal Assent before 1 July 1997, this item does not come into operation: see subsection 2(3).
4 Section 9
Omit “paragraph 5(1)(d), (e) or (f)”, substitute “paragraph 5(1)(d), (e), (f) or (g)”.
5 Section 10 (table item 5, column 2)
Omit “0.875 cents”, substitute “1.750 cents”.
6 Section 10 (at the end of the table)
Add:
| 6 | Australian Animal Health Council levy | 0.058 cents per kilogram |
7 Section 11 (table item 5, column 2)
Omit “2.13281 cents”, substitute “4.26562 cents”.
8 Section 11 (at the end of the table)
Add:
| 6 | Australian Animal Health Council levy | 0.13850 cents per kilogram |
9 At the end of subsection 12(4)
Add:
; (d) the Australian Animal Health Council levy.
10 Subsection 14(2)
After “section 6 or 9”, insert “(except so far as section 9 relates to paragraph 5(1)(g))”.
11 After subsection 14(2)
Insert:
(2A) Before making regulations prescribing a rate for the purposes of section 9 (so far as it relates to paragraph 5(1)(g)), the Governor-General must take into consideration any report relating to the proposed regulations made to the Minister by the executive of the Federation.
[Minister’s second reading speech made in—
House of Representatives on 5 March 1997
Senate on 15 May 1997]